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Title: Zoning and Absolute Development Constraints, Canton, Massachusetts, 1999 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2014-03
  • Coverage: 1999

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Town of Canton :map 1: zoning and absolute development constraints / produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council GIS Lab. It was published by the Planning Council in 1999. Scale [ca. 1:11,500]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also zoning districts, street names, watershed names, inset map showing area covered in Massachusetts, draft statement explaining methods, legend showing development constraits, and table of subdivision information. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Subjects

  • Transportation
  • Massachusetts
  • Canton
  • Reservoir Pond
  • Maps
  • Zoning
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • planningCadastre
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.189246, -71.057406, 42.233008, 42.114158)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-71.189246, -71.057406, 42.233008, 42.114158)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (Boston, Mass.), Massachusetts. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. Zoning and Absolute Development Constraints, Canton, Massachusetts, 1999 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3764-c3g44-1999-m4

Format

GeoTIFF